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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

BOOT ORsHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,147,6lated May31,1887.

Application tiled April 11, 1887. Serial No. 234.406. V(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

y together.

Be it known that I, GEORGE VALIANT, of Toronto, in the county of York,Province of Ontario, and inthe Dominion of Canada, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Bootsor Shoes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof',reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l isa plan View showingtwo pieces of leather connected together by myimproved seam. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same from the oppositeside; Fig. 3, an enlarged sec tional view of the same on line x x ofFig. 1, and Fig. 4 an enlarged detail View showing a transverse sectionof the welt-strip.

Let-ters `of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thegures.

The object of myinvention is to provide an improved seam for attachingtogether the parts of boots, shoes, and other articles; and to this endmy invention consists in the seam, with its construction and thearrangement and combination of its parts, as hereinafter specified.

My seam will be described and shown in thisr applica-tion as designedparticularly for use in. the manufacture of boots or shoes, andespecially for the heel or back seam, to attach together the rear edgesof the vamps or quarters; but, as will obviously appear, the seam isapplicable elsewhere than Ain boot or shoe manufacturing. It can be usedin very many other arts and manufactures wherev a good strong Hat seamis wanted to join together two edges.

In the drawings, A A designate the two pieces of material whose edgesare to be joined They are portions of a boot or shoe vamp or quarter,and are of leather. For joining their edges I employthe leather strip B,which I term a welt-strip.77 Such strip,which is usually aboutthreeeighths of an inch in widtl1,-I split along both edges, so as toleave a solid portion between the inner edges of the splits aboutone-eighth of an inch wide. This splitting forms two flaps along eachedge of the Strip. Of these flaps the two upper or outer ones, C C, Imake narrower than the under ones, D D, for a purpose to be described.

As in using my seam for boots or shoes the edges of the lining can beconnected together at the saine time with the edges of the vamp orquarter sides and by the same welt-strip. I have shown portions oftheshoe-lining at E E in place on theinner or under side of vamppieces AA. The edges of such pieces I attach to the edges of flapsy C C by meansof stitching C' C. l f

The under or inner flaps, D D, of the weltpiece extend under and coverthe inturned edges of the Vamp or quarter and flaps C C. The outer edgesof flaps D D beyond the edges of the vamp or quarter, and beyond thesea-ms attaching such edges to flaps'O C, are secured to the vampor'quarter by means of the lines of stitching D D', one for each iiap.Vhen the lining E is in place, the stitching connecting the vamp orquarter and flaps D D passes through it and secures its edges firmly andsecurely betweensaid flaps and vamp or quarter. By means of thewelt-strips formed and connected with the vamp or quarter edges, asdescribed, I provide astrong and hat seam, such as is especiallydesirable for the heel or back seams of boots or shoes. As indicatedhereinbefore, however, I do not intend to limit myself to the welt-stripused in connection with the edges ofthe quarter or vamp of a boot orshoe, as such strips can be used in making a` seam for attaching theedges of any two pieces of material where a strong and fiat seam isdesirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- l. In combinationwith the two edges of material to be united, the welt-strip having along2.y In combination with the Welt-strip ofv leather, havingalong each ofits opposite edges two iiaps, of which the front or outer one isnarrower than the other, the two edges of material to be united,stitches fastening such edges to the front or narrow Iiaps, and stitchesfastening the other flaps to thematerial beyond the seams connecting.the material edges and the narrow flaps, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

3. A back seam for boots or shoes, consisting of the weltstrip, havingalong each of its opposite edges the two ilaps,and suitable stitch-A ingconnecting the edges of the quarter with of the lining, substantially asand for the pursuch flaps, substantially as and for the purpose shown.pose specified. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 4. Incombination with the edges of a boot have hereunto set my hand this 5thday of 5 or shoe quarter or vamp and of the lining, the April, 1887.

Weltstrip provided along each lof its edges with the narrower outer andwider inner flaps, GEORGE VALIANT stitches fastening the quarter-edgesto narrow Vtnesses: flaps, and stitches connecting the wider flapsVILLIAM A. SARGEN'L' 1o with the qnarterand passing through the edgesHENRY L. DAWES7 Jr.

